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Bedbugs and Mars: Graphics winners of the 2017 NC State Research Image Contest

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Aug 18, 2017

Spin Doctors Headline Packapalooza 2017

For the sixth straight year, NC State will host Packapalooza, a free day-long block party and street festival for the community on Hillsborough Street. Events will begin at 2 p.m. and end with late-night concert by headliner the Spin Doctors. 
Atomospheric pressure pushes the metal into the channels.

Aug 17, 2017

Look ma, no hands: researchers use vacuum for hands-free patterning of liquid metal

NC State engineers have utilized vacuum to create a more efficient, hands-free method for filling complex microchannels with liquid metal. 

Aug 16, 2017

GradPack Talks: NCSU Libraries Support Graduate Students

GradPack Talks are podcasts that feature information on resources for NC State graduate students. In this one, David Woodbury of NCSU Libraries talks about what the libraries offer to grad students. 

Aug 16, 2017

Attend vendor demos for new eRA system

Don’t miss the opportunity to see vendor demonstrations of electronic research administration systems. NC State is in the process of selecting a new system to support researchers across campus. 

Aug 8, 2017

Benefits of advanced wood-burning stoves greater than thought

Research finds that advanced wood-burning stoves designed for use in the developing world can reduce air pollution more than anticipated. 
multi-cube assembly

Aug 7, 2017

Microbot origami can capture, transport single cells

Microscopic cubes can be assembled and pre-programmed to change their shape and perform a variety of tasks, paving the way for soft biomimetic devices. 
First place for video among graduate students and postdocs goes to Tyler Allen, a Ph.D. student in NC State’s Comparative Biomedical Sciences program, for the glowing video he titled “Heart of Gold,” showing how researchers study zebrafish hearts for their potential to help humans with heart diseases. (The video can be seen at the top of this post.)

Aug 4, 2017

Fish hearts and air flow: Video winners of the 2017 NC State Research Image Contest

Videos that highlight the beauty of NC State research. 
Rich Spontak's “The Fingerprint of Molecules” won first place for faculty in the microscopy category.

Aug 4, 2017

Leaf hairs and molecules: Microscopy winners of the 2017 NC State Research Image Contest

Microscopy images that grabbed our attention this year. 
This image of a taxonomic network of bacterial diversity on bedbugs comes from Michael Fisher, who won first place for graduate students and postdocs in the graphics category.

Aug 4, 2017

Bedbugs and Mars: Graphics winners of the 2017 NC State Research Image Contest

The research graphics that captured our imaginations this year.